A virtuoso (from Italian virtuoso or , "virtuous", Late Latin virtuosus, Latin virtus, "virtue", "excellence", "skill", or "manliness") is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability in a particular art or field such as fine arts, music, singing, playing a musical instrument or composition. This word also refers to a person who has cultivated appreciation of artistic excellence, either as a connoisseur or collector. Virtuoso's plural form is either virtuosi or the Anglicisation, virtuosos, and the feminine forms are virtuosa and virtuose.

Virtuoso! Cremona presents Winners of International String Instrument Competitions is an International Music Festival organised every year in Cremona (Italy) by the Fondazione Antonio Stradivari and the Accademia Italiana degli Archi (Italian Strings Society) in collaboration with ARCHI Magazine and the fair Mondomusica.